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by Anna CountsIn the aftermath of one of NCSA's most notable scandals in recent history, the school is making a steady recovery from the financial interrogations that seemed to overwhelm it last fall. Having recently hired a new Vice Chancellor forFinance and Administration to replace the main perpetrator of the scandal four months ago, the school is quietly working to review and re-structure the

Soccer Players NeededFilm student Tom Young is seeking others to form a soccer team that will compete against Wake Forest University men and women sometime during Spring Term. Anyone with the proper equipment (shin-guards, cleats) and determination are welcome to tryout. The team, to be named the Fighting Pickles, will need at least fourteen players. Young expects that practices will be few and ti

by Bryan David FinlaysonThe site for Unity Place at 4th and Broad is littered with abandoned buildings and empty car lots and as of now, it will probably stay that way. At a press conference during a cold winter day in the Stevens Center on January 23, 2002, North Carolina School of the Arts Chancellor Wade Hobgood and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. Chairman Scott Livengood announced the beginning of

by Anna LodicoNCSA's college program (undergraduate and graduate) is in the midst of a re-accreditation process by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). SACS will assess NCSA's academic programs in order to insure that the school meets the standards to which all of the other institutions in the organization are held. The aim of re-accreditation, whi

by Heather WibleThose who used to enjoy afternoon-time classical music on the radio have to look elsewhere than WFDD 88.5 FM. In order to make room for programming changes, the Winston Salem-based radio station cut six hours of classical music broadcasting from its weekly schedule. On January 29th, the public radio station, located on the campus of Wake Forest University, added five new programs t

Four students at the North Carolina School of the Arts have been named Finalists in the 2005 National Merit Scholarship Program, according to Jeff Morgan, interim director of the High School Academic Program.National Merit Finalists include: Annie Boiter-Jolley, studying viola in the School of Music, daughter of Dr. Robert Jolley Ms. Cynthia Boiter of Chapin, S.C.; Hannah Reed, studying visual art

by Elaina SmithWith a close 5-3 margin, the Supreme Court managed to remember that segregation is, among other qualities, illegal. February 23, 2005 the court handed down a decision onv. California, (No. 3-636), ruling the segregation of California prisoners illegal while the nation was reminded that the specter of racism still haunts us.Under former policy, California inmates were assigned to cel

by Anna Lodico and Gillian OmalyevCurrently at NCSA, no students are allowed to take arts classes outside their school unless they are willing to audit the class without receiving credit for their efforts. As a conservatory containing five distinct arts schools, NCSA has many wonderful available resources. However, while our curriculum places a great emphasis on interdisciplinary study, those who

by Gillian OmalyevOn February 16, 2005 in Watson Hall the students of John Beck performed together in a concert that received standing ovations and wondrous applause from the audience.The program consisted of classics by Igor Stravinsky to the modern, intense Nebojsa Zivkovic, and John H. Beck (John Beck's father, also a percussion teacher at Eastman.) Stravinsky's "Dance Russe" from Petrouchka wa

by William DavisThe fourth year drama students have been busy putting on several performances of A Man of No Importance. During the second week of the performance, I ventured into the performance hall.A Man of No Importance is a moving though sometimes comedic story of an art lover in 1964 Dublin, Ireland. In the play, the main character, Alfie, tries to convince his fellow Dubliners about the nat

by Anna CountsIn a stunning finale of winter term, the NCSA Dance Department made a beautiful display of grace and virtuosity in the Winter Dance Concert this past weekend. The dancers of Hubbard Street 2, a Chicago-based troop of six dancers who spent three weeks in residency here at School of the Arts, joined performers from both the contemporary and ballet departments for a diverse display of s